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Fortyx80's Alicia McGinnis, Module's Brian Gaudio, and RedMorph's Abhay Edlabadkar visit with Matt Summy at Comcast Social Media Lounge at SXSW. They discussed the intersection of public/private partnerships to help grow an entrepreneurial ecosystem.

M25 Ventures is developing a strong, supportive presence in the Midwest, with Pittsburgh serving as its eastern border, and Omaha serving as its western edge. The region welcomes the interest and outreach from the Chicago firm, who often hosts its companies at events and seminars in the Windy City. M25 has invested in Pittsburgh firms, Anglr and JetPackWorkflow

Brendan Carroll of Skycision, Alicia McGinnis of Fortyx80, Abhay Edlabadkar of RedMorph, and Jim Traut of RendrFX enjoy a brisk morning in NYC on the way to the offices of Union Square Ventures and White Star Capital.

In November 2016, three Pittsburgh start-ups visited John Deere's Innovation Team in Moline, IL to talk shop. As a result, one of the companies, Skycision, led by CEO Brendan Carroll, will partner with the industry leader in a pilot program this spring featuring the start-up's crop surveillance technology. Austin Webb of Robotany and Jorgen Pederson of RESquared presented their innovation as well.

Brendan Carroll of Skycision, Austin Webb of Robotany, Alicia McGinnis of Fortyx80 and Jorgen Pederson of RESquared tour the floor at John Deere's international headquarters in Moline, IL.

Outbound Trip: Silicon ValleyOctober 10-11, 2016

FortyX80 partnered with the Pittsburgh Technology Council, Innovation Works, Draper Triangle, and The Webb Law Firm to host top Pittsburgh startups in the Bay Area for face-to-face introductions with venture capitalists, journalists, and other Silicon Valley executives.

Entrepreneurs attending:

Courtney Williamson, Founder and CEO of AbiliLife

Alberto Gandini, Co-Founder and CEO of Accel Diagnostics

Nic Wilson, Co-Founder and CEO of Angler Labs

Joel Johnson, Co-Founder and CEO of Boxzy

Phil Dougherty, Co-Founder and CEO of ContainerShip

Ermine Teves, Product Manager at Conversant Labs

Vanessa Jameson, Co-Founder and CEO of Covey

Dick Zhang, Founder and CEO of Identified Technologies

Adam Simone, Co-Founder of LeafShave

Ware Sykes, CEO of NoWait

Evens Augustin, Co-Founder and CEO of Rijuven

Corinne Clinch, Co-Founder and CEO of Rorus

Jessica Trybus, CEO of Simcoach Games

Brendan Caroll, Founder and CEO of Skycision

Mike Embrescia, Founder and CEO of Workdesq

Joel Johnson of Boxzy, Alberto Gandini of Accel Diagnostics, and Craig Weller of the Webb Law Firm, sponsor of the trip.